David Davis MP has announced he will stand down from his parliamentary seat in Haltemprice and Howden and fight a by-election over the decision to introduce 42 day detention without charge. The Liberals have already announced that they will not stand a candidate in the hope of joining in an embarrassment of the government.
This is the cheapest of party politics when they should be dealing, as Gordon Brown is, with the serious issues of national security. Labour should boycott this cheap stunt and expose the Tories for what they are - the worst sort of political opportunist who cannot be trusted with our security or or government.
This is a disgraceful move by Cameron.
Luke Akehurst is slightly more generous to the Tories by ascribing this move entirely to the "pompous ass " Davis. Entirely possible, but so is the possibility that this is Cameron attempting a knockout blow on Brown (even though Cameron's star is rising under Brown).
